Kaidu [QKU]
▲
8▲ 8 ▼ 0
Registered by
[Deactivated User] on 24 May 2015
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Kaidu
English:
Hi, I am the creator of the Kaidu language, Kyle Farrington. Kaidu is currently two years old. I started making this language when an older language of mine, named ieɸʰuaʈiː, died. Kaidu is used mainly as a personal artlang, there is currently no specific conworld for it, but I use it in a number of stories. I have drawn inspiration from several languages, namely English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, and some Bantu languages. Conlanging has been my hobby for many years. Kaidu’s grammar is simple for English speakers; the hardest parts are the verbs and adjectives because they are different from English. Kaidu’s syllable structure is simply CV(C). Kaidu has a lot of the basic consonants, but it has some unique consonants as well. For instance, it has prenasalized consonants that can occur in initial positions. I have designed Kaidu’s lexicon to be somewhat more minimal than English. Kaidu words are created in the style of Chinese compounds.
Kaidu:
Dimu, ka ziurim fu Kaidui niurme, Cair Ferrincton. Kaidu mpos mpusim sar doitru. Ka soniures mpai du ot fu tof dant can mob vintric kai du, dant zares ieɸʰuaʈiː, nuses. Kaidu zintdampric zoroicim az can ziomtu, wint ziurim can zempric niurud pod se, bob ka zorim se nac suizric nkobru. Ka ton zores siafek fo suizric duru, fe Angerdu, Espaniadu, Nihondu, Arapdu, af zai Bantui duru. Duniur ton ziures kai sosdoim fo suizric doitru. Kaidui cutupud mpizrim pod Angerdui nkabme, fu kuimob wimpizric zampru ziurim fu zorfoi af fu merfoi pod ser zompim fe Angerdu. Kaidui nacdampi moi mpizric ziurim CV(C). Kaidu mpusim suizrinc mpizric fereznawru, bob tuc ntai mpusim zai candempric fereznawru. Pod can zemp se mpusim fiuvmpimpnaw dant ziuroidkim nac canmu. Ka ton niures fu Kaidui maifoi bun dant redzuizrim mob Angerdu. Kaidui poiru niuroicim nac fu Zonckuodui gaimpfoii zemp.
Hi, I am the creator of the Kaidu language, Kyle Farrington. Kaidu is currently two years old. I started making this language when an older language of mine, named ieɸʰuaʈiː, died. Kaidu is used mainly as a personal artlang, there is currently no specific conworld for it, but I use it in a number of stories. I have drawn inspiration from several languages, namely English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, and some Bantu languages. Conlanging has been my hobby for many years. Kaidu’s grammar is simple for English speakers; the hardest parts are the verbs and adjectives because they are different from English. Kaidu’s syllable structure is simply CV(C). Kaidu has a lot of the basic consonants, but it has some unique consonants as well. For instance, it has prenasalized consonants that can occur in initial positions. I have designed Kaidu’s lexicon to be somewhat more minimal than English. Kaidu words are created in the style of Chinese compounds.
Kaidu:
Dimu, ka ziurim fu Kaidui niurme, Cair Ferrincton. Kaidu mpos mpusim sar doitru. Ka soniures mpai du ot fu tof dant can mob vintric kai du, dant zares ieɸʰuaʈiː, nuses. Kaidu zintdampric zoroicim az can ziomtu, wint ziurim can zempric niurud pod se, bob ka zorim se nac suizric nkobru. Ka ton zores siafek fo suizric duru, fe Angerdu, Espaniadu, Nihondu, Arapdu, af zai Bantui duru. Duniur ton ziures kai sosdoim fo suizric doitru. Kaidui cutupud mpizrim pod Angerdui nkabme, fu kuimob wimpizric zampru ziurim fu zorfoi af fu merfoi pod ser zompim fe Angerdu. Kaidui nacdampi moi mpizric ziurim CV(C). Kaidu mpusim suizrinc mpizric fereznawru, bob tuc ntai mpusim zai candempric fereznawru. Pod can zemp se mpusim fiuvmpimpnaw dant ziuroidkim nac canmu. Ka ton niures fu Kaidui maifoi bun dant redzuizrim mob Angerdu. Kaidui poiru niuroicim nac fu Zonckuodui gaimpfoii zemp.
Sample of KaiduCan't find any yet.
Latest vocabularyNo words yet.
Language family relationships
[view] Cantiasi (Cantiasi)This is the primary, standard dialect of Kaidu, spoken in the capital of Fu Kaibeni Venmiowio, Cantias. All examples of Kaidu are in Cantiasi unless otherwise stated.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||||
| Nasal | m [mʲ]1 | n | ||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p ᵐp | t ⁿt | [c]2 [ᶮc]3 | k ᵑk | q ᶰq | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | [ɸ]4 | β̞ | f | v | ð̞ | s | z | [ɕ]5 | [ʑ]6 | [ç]7 | [ʝ]8 | ɣ | χ | |||||
| Approximant | ɻ | ɰ | ||||||||||||||||
- before ia, io, iu, allophone of /m/
- before ia, io, iu, allophone of /k/
- before ia, io, iu, allophone of /ᵑk/
- syllable final, allophone of /f/
- before ia, io, iu, allophone of /s/
- before ia, io, iu, allophone of /z/
- before ia, io, iu, allophone of /χ/
- before ia, io, iu, allophone of /ɣ/
| Vowels | Front | Near- front | Central | Near- back | Back | |||||
| Close | i | [ɨ]1 | u | |||||||
| Near-close | [ɪ]2 | [ʊ]3 | ||||||||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||||||
| Open-mid | [ɛ]4 | [ɔ]5 | ||||||||
| Near-open | [ɐ]6 | |||||||||
| Open | a | |||||||||
| Polyphthongs | ia | iu | ui | oi | ai | io |
- As initial element in diphthongs ia, io, iu, allophone of /i/
- nonsyllabic second element in ai, oi, ui, allophone of /i/
- stressed, allophone of /u/
- stressed, allophone of /e/
- stressed, allophone of /o/
- unstressed, allophone of /a/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Kaidu. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 KaiduOrthography | ||||||||
| Aa/a/, [ɐ]1 | Bb/β̞/ | Cc/k/, [c]2 | Dd/ð̞/ | Ee/e/, [ɛ]3 | Ff/f/, [ɸ]4 | Gg/ɣ/, [ʝ]5 | Hh/χ/, [ç]6 | Ii/i/, [ɨ]7, [ɪ]8 |
| Kk/q/ | Mm/m/, [mʲ]9 | MP mp/ᵐp/ | Nn/n/ | NC nc/ᵑk/, [ᶮc]10 | NK nk/ᶰq/ | NT nt/ⁿt/ | Oo/o/, [ɔ]11 | Pp/p/ |
| Rr/ɻ/ | Ss/s/, [ɕ]12 | Tt/t/ | Uu/u/, [ʊ]13 | Vv/v/ | Ww/ɰ/ | Zz/z/, [ʑ]14 | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||
- unstressed
- before ia, io, iu
- stressed
- syllable final
- before ia, io, iu
- before ia, io, iu
- As initial element in diphthongs ia, io, iu
- nonsyllabic second element in ai, oi, ui
- before ia, io, iu
- before ia, io, iu
- stressed
- before ia, io, iu
- stressed
- before ia, io, iu
